torrent
adjective
1. Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.
noun
1. a heavy rain
Similar word(s): cloudburst, deluge, downpour, pelter, soaker, waterspout
Definition categories: phenomenon, rain, rainfall
2. a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)
- the houses were swept away in the torrent
Definition categories: event, current, stream
3. an overwhelming number or amount
- a torrent of abuse
Similar word(s): deluge, flood, inundation
Definition categories: quantity, batch, deal, flock, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, wad
Sentences with torrent as a noun:
- Rain fell on the hills in torrents.
- A torrent of green and white water broke over the hull of the sail-boat.
- They endured a torrent of inquiries.
- I got a torrent of the complete works of Shakespeare the other day; I'm not sure why.
verb
1. (Internet slang, transitive) To download in a torrent.
- The video rental place didn't have the film I was after, but I managed to torrent it.